Odean Maye
Angel Investor at VentureSouth
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Angel Investor
2022 - Current
Partnering with early-stage startups to deploy capital and create value together. Advising portfolio founders and teams on technology and business strategy. My portfolio includes fintech, AI and data-driven technology platforms, B2B SaaS and renewable energy, but I’m excited to look at anything pushing the boundaries of innovation.
Cap Table Coalition creates investment opportunities for traditionally marginalized investors.
Angel Investor
2022
Partnering with early-stage startups to deploy capital and create value together. Advising portfolio founders and teams on technology and business strategy. My portfolio includes fintech, AI and data-driven technology platforms, B2B SaaS and renewable energy, but I’m excited to look at anything pushing the boundaries of innovation.
VentureSouth is an early stage venture firm that operates angel groups and funds.
Senior Director, Product Management, Enterprise Data Platforms
2020 - 2024
Led product strategy and operations for Capital One’s API and Developer platform, which supported over 10 billion daily transactions and served 10,000 monthly users. I drove fintech integrations, unified the developer experience, and aligned API products with enterprise goals. I also led a 200+ person team, ensuring the platform met performance, security, and regulatory standards.
Capital One is a diversified banking company that offers early and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
Raised $954,000,000.00 from Berkshire Hathaway.
Director, Product Engineering, Technology Platform
2018 - 2020
Led globally distributed engineering teams and delivered scalable platforms such as the API Platform and Enterprise Search, significantly improving enterprise-wide data access. I also championed cloud adoption and ensured technical initiatives aligned with key business objectives.
Software Engineer, Manager
2014 - 2018
Led architecture and development of scalable, cloud-native microservices using Node.js and Java, while mentoring junior developers and promoting engineering best practices. Designed secure, distributed systems with RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures. Managed AWS infrastructure and applied deep networking expertise to resolve complex issues. Produced technical documentation and reference architectures to support cross-functional collaboration.
Capital One is a diversified banking company that offers early and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
Raised $954,000,000.00 from Berkshire Hathaway.
Software Engineer
2013 - 2014
Designed and built enterprise-scale consumer web applications serving millions of users monthly. Developed secure solutions using C#, ASP.NET, and PHP across Windows and Unix environments. Managed Unix server infrastructure, handling deployments, monitoring, and system administration. Ensured security and compliance through testing, assessments, and secure coding, while collaborating across agile teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.
Founder
2008 - 2013
Founded and led a brand analytics startup in college, developing software to extract consumer insights from social media data. Grew the business to over $500K in annual revenue with a lean team of four. Navigated market shifts driven by evolving data privacy regulations, ultimately winding down operations.